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Definition: Mistakenly |
MistakenlyAdverb1. In a mistaken manner; "he mistakenly believed it". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mistakenly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Synonym: MistakenlySynonym: erroneously (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Mistakenly |
| English words defined with "mistakenly": corpus delicti ♦ erroneously ♦ Iseult ♦ misrelated, Miszealous ♦ supposed ♦ Tristan, Tristram. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "mistakenly": PARAGON ♦ software theft ♦ yellow wire. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | However, sometimes it mistakenly attacks the cells it is supposed to protect. (references) | |
Sometimes people mistakenly assume that if individuals do not talk, they also do not understand. (references) | ||
Autoimmune disorders develop when the immune system gets out of control and mistakenly attacks the body's own organs and tissues. (references) | ||
Business | The steering wheel lock is by far the most popular type. They are regularly chosen by owners of older vehicles who, often mistakenly, feel that their vehicle is at a lesser risk than a newer, more expensive car. They do, however, act as a visible deterrent on cars lacking any alternative forms of protection. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Qatar | A user who believes that a site is censored mistakenly may submit the web address to have the site reviewed for suitability. (references) |
Economic History | Egypt | American firms sometimes had not understood this and would mistakenly quote "better value" than was required by tender specifications. (references) |
Human Rights | Bangladesh | The Government explains that many convicted persons who are appealing their cases sometimes mistakenly are counted as pretrial detainees. (references) |
Worker Rights | Brazil | The ring was reported by a man who mistakenly believed he was being taken to Japan by a promoter to perform Brazilian dances in a show. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Mistakenly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mistakenly" is used about 238 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 238 | 19,410 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
believe finger mistakenly most only people that two using | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "mistakenly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pa vend (Amiss, malapropos, out of turn), gabimisht (by error, by mistake, crosswise, erroneously, incorrectly, wrongly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | على نحو غير صحيح, على نحو خاطئ (wrong). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | неправилно (awry, foul, incorrectly, mis-, untruly, wrong, wrongly), погрешно (by mistake, mis-, wrong, wrongly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "误地 (Erroneously, Wrongly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | mylnì (erroneously, falsely), omylem (by mistake, erroneously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | par erreur (by mistake), tort. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | irrtümlicherweise, fehlerhaft (defective, erroneous, false, faultily, faulty, flawed, imperfect, incorrect, incorrectly, poor, substandard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | בטעות (by mistake). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tévesen (erroneously, incorrectly, off the beam, wrongly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | erroneamente (wrong, wrongly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 잘못되 (Erroneously, Faultily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | istakenlymay visão errada, por engano, inconsideradamente, erradamente (awry). (various references) ошибочно (badly, erroneously, falsely, in error, wrongheadedly). (various references) pogrešno (amiss, erroneously, mis-, wrong, wrongly). (various references) erradamente (Amiss), erróneamente, equivocadamente (misguidedly, wrong). (various references) av misstag (by mistake). (various references) yanlışlıkla (by an oversight, by mistake, erroneously, inadvertently, incorrectly, through an oversight). (various references) недоречно (beside the mark, obviously, wrong), помилково (by mistake, crosswise, wrong, wrongly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | frustra. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Mistakenly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mistakenlyt. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "mistakenly" (pronounced mi'stā"kunlē) |
| 4 | -u n l ē | brazenly, certainly, clandestinely, commonly, evenly, gentlemanly, genuinely, heavenly, humanly, matronly, openly, slovenly, suddenly, uncertainly, uncommonly, unevenly, wantonly. |
| 3 | -n l ē | benignly, cleanly, divinely, finely, greenly, humanely, keenly, lonely, mainly, manly, obscenely, only, plainly, sternly, stubbornly, thinly, ungainly, vainly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-k-l-m-n-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: ailments, aliments, kyanites, lankiest, manliest, mastlike, melanist, mesnalty, mistaken, smaltine, sneakily, steamily, taleysim. | |
-3 letters: ailment, aliment, alkines, alkynes, amenity, amnesty, anklets, antlike, anytime, elastin, elysian, entails, etamins, inmates, intakes, kinemas, kyanise, kyanite, lakiest, laments, lankest, lentisk, malines, malkins, manlike, mantels, mantles, meatily, menials, mistake, myelins, nailset, nastily, saintly, salient, saltine, seminal, skyline. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-k-l-m-n-s-t-y" | |
+5 letters: ankylostomiases. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 69 73 74 61 6B 65 6E 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .. ... - .- -.- . -. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101001 01110011 01110100 01100001 01101011 01100101 01101110 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M i s t a k e n l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0069 0073 0074 0061 006B 0065 006E 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47758586677771807891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanais, albaner, albán, albanese, 알"니아, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgare, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, Chinois, Chinesisch, kínai, cinese, 중국, chinês, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, cseh, ceco, 체", чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, "랑스, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, 독일, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, hebreu, hebraico, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italien, italienisch, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | korean, اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري شمالي, كوري, корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejec, korejština, korejský, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, 포르투갈, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, רוסי, orosz, russo, 러시아, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, 스페인, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, svéd, svedese, 스웨덴, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, טורקי, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | 乌克兰 |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, anglais, englisch, א 'לית, angol, inglese, 영국, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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